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A security operation underway at a school in the United States. The police called in
after two youths were spotted at Rachel B Noel Middle School with what looked like guns.
Police chief Robert White says both have been arrested.
What we know is that they are both are juveniles. Given the fact that they are juveniles we
are unable to release their names at this particular time.
Are they students here?
No. We do not believe that they were students.
Officers used the school's security cameras to track down the suspects but then it took
them two to three hours to convince them to give themselves up.
We were attempting to talk to them throughout the incident. As I stated it was somewhat
of a cat and mouse game. Eventually we did make communication with them and they did
surrender.
However no sign so far of the rifles and backpack they were spotted carrying when they broke in.
When we recovered them, whatever they had they did not have with them so we're assuming
it's some place in the school and we're in the process of looking for it now.
Police are looking into whether the pair tried to break into an elementary school in the
area beforehand.
They're in the process of being interviewed. Obviously since they are juveniles we're also
making sure that we are notifying their responsible adults who are responsible for them. At that
particular time we'll continue this investigation in relation to interviewing them.